Faerie Winter
by Janni Lee Simner
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Critic Rating
73%
Critic Reviews: 19
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90%
Reader Ratings: 12
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Synopsis
The long-awaited sequel to Janni Lee Simner's breathtaking YA fantasy debut, Bones of Faerie. Liza is a summoner. She can draw life to herself, even from beyond the grave. And because magic works both ways, she can drive life away. Months ago, she used her powers to banish her dangerous father and to rescue her mother, lost in dreams, from the ruined land of Faerie. Born in the wake of the war between humanity and Faerie, Liza lived in a world where green... more
About Janni Lee Simner
Published: April 10, 2012 by Random House
Genre: . Fiction. 288 pages
- All Critics: 19
- Positive: 18
- Negative: 1
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Eve's Fan Garden | 5 Apr 2011
The romance in this book is sweet and slow, and lovely. Instead of a raging fire, Janni gives us a slow simmer.
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Reader Girls | 11 Feb 2011
Simner has crafted such a satisfying and full conclusion to her Bones of Faerie novel I'm still in Lizzy's town as I write my review.
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 Mar 2011
Liza's tale works despite the jumble of crowd-pleasing elements (post-apocalyptic dystopia, multigenerational faerie love stories, werewolf heartthrob). Graphic descriptions of murdered children push the story older than the reading level of its prose.
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Cels Reviews | 2 Nov 2011
If you like your fiction a little dark and sometimes downright terrifying they could very well make your top list.
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I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read | 6 Apr 2011
Overall, I was really impressed with this novel, and Janni Lee Simner did a wonderful job portraying characters and keeping the novel contantly interesting.
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Snowdrop Dreams of Books | 3 Nov 2011
This book was so hard to put down, because the story was just so amazing. The way Ms. Simner melds both the feelings of despair during winter and the hope for spring yet to come.
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Flamingnet | 18 Sep 2011
The vocabulary was easy to understand and age appropriate. This book has a voice that is slightly eerie with undertones of romance.
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Hooked to Books | 8 Apr 2011
Simner draws the reader into a world that is heartbreaking and scary while keeping the characters real and the story interesting.
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Tattoogirl Reads | 11 Dec 2011
I guess I’ll start with Wow. It felt exactly like the same world that I loved.
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The Fringe Magazine | 21 May 2011
There’s such a subtlety in her writing and an effortlessness in the way everything is weaved together that you sink in and simply become immersed in it.
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Rachel Ann Haley | 30 Dec 2011
As well as layered characters, Simner crafts complex relationship webs.
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CurryAlley | 14 Apr 2011
I was very positive about Bones of Faerie in my review so you can probably guess what see where this was going. Loved Faerie Winter. Loved.
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Proud Book Nerd | 12 Mar 2011
A very good continuation of Liza’s story. I really enjoyed it, and felt that most questions I had after Bones of Faerie were answered.
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Chicks with Crossbows | 21 Sep 2011
It’s an engaging and thoroughly mesmerizing novel with unpredictable and unexpected twists and turns.
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Rush That Speaks | 25 Jul 2011
This sequel to Bones of Faerie continues that novel's taut writing, interestingly post-apocalyptic worldbuilding, and complicated character dynamics.
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Tea Mouse Book Reviews | 20 Jan 2011
I really found Bones of Faerie to be an amazing read, and I seriously encourage all of you to go out and get a copy of it quick-smart.
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Bibliophile Support Group | 22 Dec 2011
Faerie Winter has an ever stronger plot, more romantic hints, and a more complicated look at human nature, as well as deeper, darker mystery.
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Badass Bookie | 14 Oct 2011
A clever tale about a world that’s falling apart, a race of beings that want to wipe out human population and a girl who has the power to change everything.
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Book Divas | 1 Jul 2011
I loved everything about this book. Faerie Winter is a book I can read again and again.
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